{"id":3764,"date":"2023-09-12T17:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:56:17","slug":"work-play-work-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/?p=3764","title":{"rendered":"WORK > PLAY > WORK > PLAY >>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My goals for <strong>Pressure Project #1 <\/strong>were to deepen and broaden skills working in Isadora 3 and to create a motion piece that could hold attention. The given Resources were 6 hours and a minimum of using defined Actors: Shape, Projector, Jump++, Trigger Delay, and the Envelope Generator, and that would auto-play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Isadora_pp1_take2_CgRyan_230907\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/863578448?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>CgRyan Pressure Project #1 &#8211; TAKE 2 [Export using Capture Stage to Movie actor]<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PROCESS<br \/><strong>Pressure Project 1: TAKE 1<\/strong> took 3 hours, and though I learned the basics of scene transition and shape control and video placement, I was not satisfied with how the scenes progressed and connected: I had not taken the time to create a defined concept. (When feeling &#8220;time pressured&#8221; I sometimes forget what one of my most respected design teachers at ArtCenter said <strong>&#8220;To save time, take the time to create a concept first.&#8221;<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Take1_Combo_1200-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Take1_Combo_1200-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Take1_Combo_1200-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Take1_Combo_1200-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Take1_Combo_1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pressure Project #1 &#8211; TAKE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONCEPT<br \/>I am both a designer and an artist, and creating a balance between personal work [PLAY] and paid client projects [WORK] has been an ongoing battle over my careers. I decided I wanted to symbolize this &#8220;dance&#8221; between WORK and PLAY in my motion piece. Conceptually, I think of WORK as a rectangle, or a &#8220;frame&#8221; that defines the boundaries of both Resources and what the Valuation criteria are. When I think of PLAY, I think of circles, more open and expansive, and playful. When I think of the combination of these 2 concepts, I see a choreography between grace and collision, satisfied expectations and for serendipity. When deciding on the pacing and transitions of the whole, I wanted to create an &#8220;endless loop&#8221; between WORK and PLAY that symbolized my ubiquitous see-saw between the two poles. An endless loop would represent &#8220;no separation&#8221; between WORK and PLAY: my live-long goal of to have work that feels like PLAY, and to WORK meaningfully at my PLAY so that it is worth the currency of my life force: time and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01_Sketch_1200p-1024x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01_Sketch_1200p-1024x365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01_Sketch_1200p-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01_Sketch_1200p-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01_Sketch_1200p.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Concept: WORK &gt; PLAY sketch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ADDITIONAL TUTORIALS<br \/>I found an additional Isadora tutorial &#8220;Build it! Video Porthole&#8221; by Ryan Webber that demonstrated skills I wanted to learn: how to compose video layers with masking and alpha channels, and another demo of the User Actor. From this tutorial, I was inspired to use the Alpha Mask actor to make the WORK > PLAY > repeat cycle explicit. I decided to use the letters of the two &#8220;four letter words&#8221; to explicitly to represent my history as a communications designer, and to alternate between a more structured motion path using the squares and a more playful evolution as the piece transitioned to circles, then a finale of a combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMITED REMAINING TIME: 2.5 hours<br \/>To respect the time limit of the project, I used an application that I use in both personal art &#8220;play&#8221; and client work, After Effects, to quickly create three simple animations with the WORK + PLAY letters to use with the Alpha Mask actor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AE_1-3_1200-1024x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AE_1-3_1200-1024x194.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AE_1-3_1200-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AE_1-3_1200-768x145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AE_1-3_1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After Effects alpha masks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To save additional time, I used a combination of motion pattern videos I have used in earlier projection mapping projects. I used the Shapes and Alpha Mask actors in Isadora to combine the elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene_1-3_1200-1024x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene_1-3_1200-1024x194.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene_1-3_1200-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene_1-3_1200-768x145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene_1-3_1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scene 1 &#8211; 3 stills: videos in alpha masks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create the endless &#8220;loop&#8221; transitions between the three scenes, I used the Trigger Delay actor on each of the three scenes, using the jump value of &#8220;-2&#8221; to return to scene one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene3_Patches-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene3_Patches-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene3_Patches-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene3_Patches-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene3_Patches-1536x904.png 1536w, https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Scene3_Patches-2048x1205.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scene 3: Trigger Delay and Jump++ to return to Scene 1: &#8220;-2&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To export the Isadora project to video to post online, I used the Capture Stage to Movie actor. I look forward to the next Pressure Project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My goals for Pressure Project #1 were to deepen and broaden skills working in Isadora 3 and to create a motion piece that could hold attention. The given Resources were 6 hours and a minimum of using defined Actors: Shape, Projector, Jump++, Trigger Delay, and the Envelope Generator, and that would auto-play. PROCESSPressure Project 1: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,18,11,1],"tags":[42,51,53],"class_list":["post-3764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cgryan","category-isadora","category-pressure-project-i","category-uncategorized","tag-isadora","tag-pressure-project","tag-pressure-project-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3764"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3829,"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions\/3829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}